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PASSENGER REGISTER AND RECORDER. No.175,656. Patented April 4, 1876INVENTOR W I T N E S S ES A 1M4! forum x N- PETERS. FHDTO-LITHOGRAPNERWASHINGTON D C.

UNrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

FRANKLIN W. BROOKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PASSENGERREGISTERS AND RECORDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,656, dated April 4,1876; application filed March 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN W. BROOKS,

' of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im provements in PassengerIndicatorsand Registers, of which the following is a specification Myinvention relates to a fare indicator and register adapted to bepermanently mounted in a car or other conveyance, or in a ferry ortheater office, or any other place where it may be desirable to keep arecord of persons admitted or amount received. My improved passengerregister and indicator is constructed with any desirable number ofWheels, having numbers which are brought consecutively oppositeappropriate apertures in the casing, so that the number of fares may beread without the intervention of index-pointers. Two sets oftheseindicatingwheels are employed-one to show the number of faresreceived in a given trip or in a short period, the other to form apermanent register of fares received during a longer period. The firstset carries also relief characters, from which a printed impression mayat any time be taken which will correspond with the number indicated bythe numerals viewed through apertures in the casing. The Wheels of eachset are arranged decimally, so that a whole revolution of one may movethe next one. figure, and so forth. The two sets of wheels are operatedsimultaneously by a pull or push rod so applied that it must bepartially rotated before it can be moved endwise to actuate the wheels.The two sets of wheels are thus moved independently of each other, sothat when the first set is exposed for resetting them the motionimparted to the first set of wheels is not communicated to the second orpermanent set. A locking device is provided to prevent the operation ofthe indicating mechanism at any time during the ab sence of theconductor or other party in charge, and the slide which exposes thefirst set of wheels is so applied as to render the operation of thepermanent register-wheels impossible while the first set orindicatorwheels are exposed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view-of aninstrument illustrating the invention. 7 Fig. 2 is a front view with theface-plate removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line3 3, Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the first or second indicator-wheel,showing in section the pins of the next wheel, by which motion iscommunicated thereto. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the register side of theinstrument, with the shutter open to exhibit the permanent"register-wheels. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the indicator side of theinstrument, with the side plate removed. Fig. 7 is a. verticallongitudinal section of the upper part of a car, illustrating a mode ofapplyingthe invention. Fig. '5 is a transverse section otthe same. Figs.9 and 10 are views of the tablet.

A A A are a set of wheels provided on their peripheries with numerals,which, as the wheels are revolved, are successively exposed, so as to beread through apertures in the easing 0. The number of fares collected isthus plainly indicated at all times by the figures themselves withoutthe intervention of indexpointers moving over dials in customary manner.The number'wheels are constructed with any suitable transmitting deviceto communicate motion from one to another, so that the rotation'of onewheel will, when completed,

move the next wheel in succession to the ex:

tent of one figure. In the present illustration I have shown each of thewheels, except the last, with a spring-pawl, a, on one side, which, atthe proper moment, when the wheel is moved from 9 to 0, comes in contactwith a stationary stud, a, and is thereby pressed inward to cause it toengage with one of the pins a projecting from the adjacent face of thenext 'wheel, and thus compel the two to turn together. The wheels arefurther provided with relief figures B, so disposed that, by means of asuitable printing device, an impression may at any time be taken fromthem, :which will correspond with the indication of the visible numeralsfirst referred to. In the present illustration the printing device islocated directly beneath the centerof the wheels, so that as theindicator-numbers are viewed horizontally the said imlicator-numbers andt the corresponding relief-numbers, from which the impressions are takenare ninety degrees apart.

The printing device consists of a verticallymoving platen, D, pressedupward by a cam-or eccentric, e, actuated by alever, E, which is presseddown to throw up the platen, and is raised to depress the platen, forwhich purpose the cam c engages with a lug, d. A recess may be had tothe indicator-wheels above described by sliding back the glazed shutterF, through which the numbers are viewed. This slide is secured by alock, f, the key of which is held by the receiving-clerk or other properofficer.

Two or more sets of the indicator-wheels may be used in one machine toshow fares of different amount.

In addition to the indicator-wheels I employ a distinct set of wheels ordisks, G G G G, which I term register-wheels, because they are intendedto keep a permanent record of the whole number of fares received, andare never exposed for manipulation or setting. The shutter H coveringthe register-wheels G has perforations g g gig, through which theindications of the said wheels are read. It is secured by a lock, h, orby a screw or other device accessible only from the inside, so that thesaid register-wheels can only be reached by taking the instrument topieces. They are thus placed beyondthe control of or reach of any onewhile the instrument is in use or in position.

The indicator and register wheels are actuated simultaneously, butindependently, by means of a pull or push rod, I, which is furnishedwith any desirable number of pendent handles, J. Motion is communicatedfrom the slide K to the two sets of indicator-wheels simultaneously bymeans of pawls L L mounted on the wrist m of an arm, M, which receivesmotion by a connecting-rod, 70, from the slide K. The pawls L Lcommunicate respectively with ratchet-wheels N N, the first fixed on asleeve, n, to which the first indicator-wheel A- is attached, the secondsecured to a shaft, a, which passes through the sleeve a, andcommunicates through suitable gearing with the first of the permanentindicator-wheels. The inclosing-sleeve prevents access to the shaft 12of the permanent register-wheels while the shutter is open.

To prevent the operation of either set of indicator-wheels through themedium of the pull-rod and slide a stop-bolt, O, is employed, which,when thrown up, is secured by a lock, P. The operating-knob o of thebolt 0 is so placed that when the bolt is in its elevated or lookingposition the sliding shutter F may pass under it and prevent itsretraction. This device renders it impossible to operate the permanentregister-wheels while the first indicator-wheels are exposed formanipulation.

Q represents a permanent type, to print the number, letter, or othercharacter representing the car to which the instrument is applied. Theimpression of this character is taken simultaneousl y with those of theindicating characters on the wheels A A A The motion of the slide K,when completed so as to cause a movement of the wheels from one numberto the other, strikes a hell or gong, B, through the medium of anysuitable connections, such, for exam ple, as are shown at s s. Thesafetycatch L is employed to restore the wheel to its former position inthe event of its receiving a partial motion which might expose a newnumber without looking it in the new position. In order to take from theindicatorwheels an impression corresponding with their visibleindication at any period, a tablet is employed, substantially such asshown at T, in Figs. 9 and 10. These tablets are preferably constructedwith long slips of paper or pasteboard, with blank forms permanentlyprinted on them for the number of the car, the name of the conductor,the number of the trip, the date, or any other desirable particulars,and are prepared for the reception of the impression of the number offares collected by the use of a strip of manifold or carbon paper, asshown at t, which is attached at its ends to the tablet in suitableposition to receive pressure from the type B on the wheels A A A whenthe tablet is pressed upward by the platen in the manner alreadydescribed.

The tablet represented in Figs. 9 and 10 is not claimed, because itconstitutes a distinct invention, and will be made the subject of aseparate application. It is here shown and described .only'for thepurpose of explaining the mode of using the apparatus.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. An operating-rod requiring two distinct movements, the last of whichis effective to actuate the indicator mechanism.

2. The combination, with an indicating mechanism, ofa locking deviceadapted to prevent the operation of such indicating mechanismsurieptitiously.

3. The combination, with two sets of indicators, of a shutter to giveaccess to one set of indicators and a lock to prevent the movement ofthe second set when the first set is exposed, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination, in a stationary pas-I senger-register, of the set ofindicator-wheels A A A adjustable for each day or trip, the inaccessiblepermanent set of registerwheels G G G the pull or push-rod l foroperating the two sets of registers simultaneously, but independently,through connections substantiallysuch as described, and a gong soundedat each efif'ective movement of the rod. 4

5. The stationary hollow shaft supporting the indicator-disks, and therotary shaft with in the former, in combination with the condisks,provided with type-projections for printcentric ratchet-wheels, for thepurpose set ing the number registered at any given time, forth.substantially as herein set forth.

6. The combination,withapermanent regis- 8. The fixed type for printingthe number ter, of a daily or trip register. provided with of theinstrument, in combination with the inone or more wheels showing visiblenumbers, dioator-disks provided with type-projections and carryingraised characters, which will for printing the number of fares,substantially permit numbers corresponding with those as shown anddescribed.

exposed to view to be printed upon a trip-slip. FRANKLIN W. BROOKS.

7. The platen, with its cam or eccentric Witnesses: operating-lever andretracting lug or spring, OOTAVIUS KNIGHT,

in combination with one or more indioator- A. H. GALT.

